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>> president obama during the debate said he is the one who is going to raise taxes by letting the bush tax cuts expire. >> but we just played two things back to back that do not match. >> look, he said all look, 20% across the board. i think there were two different things he was speaking about there. he has a very pro-growth policy. he has a policy to create 12 million jobs. >> so are you saying he misspoke in one of those? >> i'm not going to get into whether he misspoke or not -- what i know is he has said all along, 20% across the board for everybody, and that means everybody. to what specifically he was speaking there, i'm not exactly sure. but it's a clear choice what you have. we don't need to get caught up on the back and forth. he is going to put forward pro-growth jobs. and 7.8% is an anemic recovery. that is nothing to celebrate. i remember when president bush was criticized by president obama when i worked for him -- >> but for the past four years, republican have said saying over and over and over, he promised 8%. and it's 7.8 now. >> the reason it's below 7.8% is because
>> president obama during the debate said he is the one who is going to raise taxes by letting the bush tax cuts expire. >> but we just played two things back to back that do not match. >> look, he said all look, 20% across the board. i think there were two different things he was speaking about there. he has a very pro-growth policy. he has a policy to create 12 million jobs. >> so are you saying he misspoke in one of those? >> i'm not going to get into whether he...
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he's going to be doing a lot of practicing for that debate wednesday night. >> this is president obama's first debate since 2008. governor romney had what seemed like 163 primary debates earlier this year. how confident are the president's advisers that he's not a tad rusty? >> reporter: you know, i think that that's something, a story line that they would like to promote. what we've seen, it's almost comica comical, to the extent we've seen both camps downplayings the expectations. so much of life is expectations, so much of a political debate like this. one of the president's advisers the other day talking about, you know, the president's so loquacious. he's got to keep his answers tighter. and by turns, mitt romney's camp talking about the president's gifted oratorical skills. so they both can't be right, but i think both sides are relatively confident going into this. >> to hear both of them tell it, the other guy is the best debater since abe lincoln himself. mike viqueira, thank you so much. appreciate your time, sir. there are, of course, great expectations on both sides for next
he's going to be doing a lot of practicing for that debate wednesday night. >> this is president obama's first debate since 2008. governor romney had what seemed like 163 primary debates earlier this year. how confident are the president's advisers that he's not a tad rusty? >> reporter: you know, i think that that's something, a story line that they would like to promote. what we've seen, it's almost comica comical, to the extent we've seen both camps downplayings the expectations....
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before you debate president obama on foreign policy you better debate yourself. >> my opponent and his running mate are new to foreign policy. but from all that we've seen and heard, they want to take us back to an era of blustering. you don't call russia our number one enemy not al qaeda but russia unless you're caught in a cold war era time warp. >>> general, great to see you. watching all of this i'm sure you were probably just as confused as a lot of people, there are donkeys behind these speakers and not elephants. the way so forcefully, some of the speakers came out especially the president, john kerry as well, talking about the democratic position on foreign policy, on afghanistan, on iraq, the death of osama bin laden. do you think it's taken the republicans and put them back on their heels to see democrats come out so strongly. >> it has. i think this is the real end of the post-vietnam alignment of the parties the. for that whole period of 30 or 40 years republicans could be daddy party on security and democrats were the mommy party of gentler, softer. that's no longer the ca
before you debate president obama on foreign policy you better debate yourself. >> my opponent and his running mate are new to foreign policy. but from all that we've seen and heard, they want to take us back to an era of blustering. you don't call russia our number one enemy not al qaeda but russia unless you're caught in a cold war era time warp. >>> general, great to see you. watching all of this i'm sure you were probably just as confused as a lot of people, there are donkeys...
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and the debate between obama and romney. i think the closing arguments are coming. i think the closing arguments have to happen probably a month ahead of time. a poll i saw the other day about the large percentage of people who have voted already. in lots of different states, it's a rolling closing argument. >> especially in ohio, we haven't talked about this a great deal, steve. you know in ohio, we've started to get some numbers about early voting there it appears as if based on early voting. the president has quite a huge lead in the buckeye state. no? >> yes. that's one of the reasons why i think his lead is holding up there. he started out, they have a ground game, the obama campaign because they didn't have a primary, has put together an aggressive operation in every state that is in play and they've been running very aggressive early vote and absentee vote plans and that's going to help them when we get down to election day. it will be a close race. >> joe, he mentioned the ground game. that's something else we don't talk a great deal about. one of the concer
and the debate between obama and romney. i think the closing arguments are coming. i think the closing arguments have to happen probably a month ahead of time. a poll i saw the other day about the large percentage of people who have voted already. in lots of different states, it's a rolling closing argument. >> especially in ohio, we haven't talked about this a great deal, steve. you know in ohio, we've started to get some numbers about early voting there it appears as if based on early...
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he helped him on debate preparations. another person who has been very vocal about wanting to leave if the president has a second term. treasury secretary timothy geithner. he's been the president's right hand man when it comes to the economy. he helped bring the economy back from the brink in 2009. possible replacements for geithner include the current chief of staff jack lou, who is widely respected within this administration but also within washington, d.c. another person who might potentially be leaving is defense secretary leon panetta. leon panetta is someone who might be ready to retire from what has been a long and distinguished career in politics. dates back to 1977 when he was in the house of representatives. possible replacements include his deputy secretary and also michelle flourney, the former undersecretary of defense. and then attorney general eric holder possibly leaving. possible replacements for him include homeland security secretary janet napolitano. a lot of people staying, arne duncan, education sec
he helped him on debate preparations. another person who has been very vocal about wanting to leave if the president has a second term. treasury secretary timothy geithner. he's been the president's right hand man when it comes to the economy. he helped bring the economy back from the brink in 2009. possible replacements for geithner include the current chief of staff jack lou, who is widely respected within this administration but also within washington, d.c. another person who might...
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and that is the first debate. when you're spending the amount of money they'll spend, the democrats will spend the amount of money they're going to spend, it kind of crosses each other out. so you're not going to really change voter's opinions up that debate. if he doesn't do well in that debate, if he doesn't really have a knockout blow, i don't he see how he comes back. you cannot win this election if he doesn't win ohio. it really comes down to one state. actually multiple states, but in particular ohio. and he's down 7 points. and in multiple polls down in ohio. just a really bad sign for the romney campaign. >> we know no republican has ever won the white house without winning ohio. chip, you know, the debates are always of course very important in any presidential contest. do they have an outsized importance this time around? >> it eaches like every four years we think they do and this time i think they actually do. it will give mitt romney the last opportunity to talk about the difference between barack oba
and that is the first debate. when you're spending the amount of money they'll spend, the democrats will spend the amount of money they're going to spend, it kind of crosses each other out. so you're not going to really change voter's opinions up that debate. if he doesn't do well in that debate, if he doesn't really have a knockout blow, i don't he see how he comes back. you cannot win this election if he doesn't win ohio. it really comes down to one state. actually multiple states, but in...
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the stalled fiscal cliff debate and the january deadline now just ten days away. president obama and his family are vacationing in hawaii and congress is on holiday recess after no new breakthrough and both sides are holding out and they'll be able to reach a deal. >> call me a hopeless optimist, but i actually still think we can get it done. >> of course, hope springs eternal and i know we have it in us to come together and to do the right thing. >> nbc's kristin welker is in hawaii and the president is still in talks while he's there or are the the talks on hiatus? >> richard, my sources tell me this is very much a working vacation for president obama and at this time there's no conversation between the president and congressional leaders and that doesn't mean that they're not going to happen. back in washington, d.c., staffers at the white house and on the hill are still there to some extent, communicating with each other and talking with each other, trying to get a deal going. it seemed earlier this week, richard, as though president obama and john boehner wer
the stalled fiscal cliff debate and the january deadline now just ten days away. president obama and his family are vacationing in hawaii and congress is on holiday recess after no new breakthrough and both sides are holding out and they'll be able to reach a deal. >> call me a hopeless optimist, but i actually still think we can get it done. >> of course, hope springs eternal and i know we have it in us to come together and to do the right thing. >> nbc's kristin welker is in...
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and obama is, too, saying he doesn't want to go back to bush policies. often it just becomes a wash especially this far out from the war. >> i just want to make a clarification. when i referenced the gulf war, i didn't say draft, i said sons were eligible, of age to serve. it's really interesting as we look at the family and their military connections. glenn johnson from "the boston globe," thank you. >>> a new scout law, the boy scouts' policy that bans gay leaders potentially may change. >>> plus, the first lady is busy promoting her let's move campaign but moving might not make much of a difference for teen black girls. wait until you hear this one. >>> and a huge security breach for more than 7 million people trying to make a business or a love connection. if you're online, you need to see this, too. [ male announcer ] what's in your energy drink? ♪ power surge, let it blow your mind. [ male announcer ] for fruits, veggies and natural green tea energy... new v8 v-fusion plus energy. could've had a v8. but when i was diagnosed with prostate cancer..
and obama is, too, saying he doesn't want to go back to bush policies. often it just becomes a wash especially this far out from the war. >> i just want to make a clarification. when i referenced the gulf war, i didn't say draft, i said sons were eligible, of age to serve. it's really interesting as we look at the family and their military connections. glenn johnson from "the boston globe," thank you. >>> a new scout law, the boy scouts' policy that bans gay leaders...
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about he won't call them -- romney won't call obama the food stamp president, but he'll get close to doing that. this kind of class warfare argument from the republican side about the notion that americans don't pay income tax is something that not just mitt romney's view. paul ryan has talked about that. scott walker has talked about that. >> sure. >> he is going to come back to this issue, and it will be interesting to see how obama really contrasted and makes clear that we're all in this together. we're all paying taxes. we all pay payroll tax. that's what the next part of this argument will be. >> i want to -- i'm very fascinated, ari melber with campaign ads. have i been since i was a little boy. i asked you guys to send in your favorite so far this season. i want to start with yours. we'll play a snippet of the ad and talk about it on the other side and why you like this one in particular so much. this is ari melber's favorite campaign ad of 2012. >> romney only released two tax returns, both from after he started running for president. he is still failing to match the preceden
about he won't call them -- romney won't call obama the food stamp president, but he'll get close to doing that. this kind of class warfare argument from the republican side about the notion that americans don't pay income tax is something that not just mitt romney's view. paul ryan has talked about that. scott walker has talked about that. >> sure. >> he is going to come back to this issue, and it will be interesting to see how obama really contrasted and makes clear that we're all...
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but even as a republican, i would say joel's views here are to the left of president obama. that's what is so screwy about the way this debate is unfolding. >> this is one of those things where the -- >> go ahead, joel. >> this is one of the things where the far left and the far right meet around back. i mean, i come at this from a hard-core federalist perspective, which ends up with a guess sort of a nontraditional conservative view. >> i want to play a snippet here. this is former president bill clinton, who stars in a new documentary about the war on drugs in this country. this is what he had to say about his administration's attempt to limit drug trafficking in colombia. take a listen. >> well, obviously, if the expected results was that we would have a -- eliminate serious drug use in america and eliminate the narco trafficking networks, it hasn't worked. >> that's a pretty powerful indictment there, perry bacon. why do you think that we won't see the obama administration as being the first administration since the '80s to give up this pseudo war on drugs? >> you know,
but even as a republican, i would say joel's views here are to the left of president obama. that's what is so screwy about the way this debate is unfolding. >> this is one of those things where the -- >> go ahead, joel. >> this is one of the things where the far left and the far right meet around back. i mean, i come at this from a hard-core federalist perspective, which ends up with a guess sort of a nontraditional conservative view. >> i want to play a snippet here....